Got this little ray of sunshine from a prospect yesterday, "The charge for not rescheduling is ridiculous, this is obviously how you really make money. F%&^ your guys!!!" I love emails like this. So much. Here's why: One of the ways I get clients is to have prospects watch a pre-sales video, submit an application, and schedule a…
I got into the corporate grind in my 20s. It’s not what I wanted, but I was broke. What I wanted was to be creative, so I worked an astonishing array of odd jobs, mostly to support my favorite, and largely unpaid odd job, writing for music magazines. After a few years the novelty of free CDs and…
Quick tip: How much you earn is directly correlated to how many offers you make. If you aren't where you want to be financially, increase the number of offers you make. What is an offer? It takes 3 things: 1. A person you can help 2. Something you can provide to help them 3. Asking for money in…
If you’re like most people, you’ve probably allowed procrastination to keep you from getting started, from doing the things that you’ve wanted to do with your life. After spending over a decade in the transformation economy, Mike Shreeve shares a core belief in this premiere episode of The No Pants Show podcast, concerning our life’s dreams and goals:…
Which hurts more: A sucker-punch to the groin... or getting fired out of nowhere? It all feels the same when you get fired from an internship destined to become your “dream job.” You know, breathtaking - in a bad way… It felt like my boss snatched away my golden chance to get paid doing what I love before…
Chances are good that as a freelancer, you struggle with saying, “No.” Especially when you’re new to freelancing, or just starting to see some real success, the thought of turning down paid work and client opportunities can sound bananas. But part of being a freelancer is running your business - it’s being CEO of your own individual company…
Have you ever thought about how your money beliefs could be hurting your freelance business? While most of us probably don’t aspire to be filthy rich, every freelancer I know wants to make good money on some level. Freedom money. But our methods of doing this are often misguided. We often believe that if we learn X new…
If you've ever felt frozen in the face of important decisions, or exhausted by a project that you haven’t even started, or just creatively fogged, then you know what it's like to be overwhelmed. In his recent episode of The No Pants Show podcast, How To Refocus When Feeling Overwhelmed, Mike Shreeve talks about the four domains…
A quick Google search will turn up a hundred and one things that you supposedly need to make it as a freelancer. A proper working space, a 57-step sales funnel, an undying and burning passion for the work you do… But the reality of successful freelancing has shown us that those lists just aren’t true. In a recent…
Freelancing isn’t just some weird gig people do anymore. In fact, it’s getting so serious that predictions say freelancing will take up 50% of the workforce by 2027! Perhaps you’ve thought about freelancing. You might even be doing it as a “side hustle” right now. But you haven’t taken the golden leap yet, where your income consists MAINLY…